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PmHIUIuni Wcilm-Mli) mikI Saturday.
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!on#?r will be made at reduced rates.
AH communication* which sub?
serve private Interests will be charged
fee as advertisements.
Obituaries and tributes of respect
will be charged for.
The riumter Watchman was found
ad In 1110 and the True Southron In
IM? The Watchman and Southron
nrtw has tr.? combined circulation and
influence cf both of the old papers,
end I* manifestly the bust advertising
medium in gumter.
? 1 1 11 _
Cheap l-aruK So.? ailed.
Wilmington Star.
A Northern paper remarked recent?
ly that owing to the fact that Wes?
tern lands have been taken up and
have become high In price, attention
would be turned to "the cheap Ian !
of the South." of < ourse, reference
Is made to low-priced lands, b
there are re illy no "cheap'' lands in
the South. Lands are nut . heap when
an acre will produce from one to two
bales of cotton, and when intelligent
methoda hi. ve enabled boys in eastern
Harth Carolina to make an average
of 117 buahels of corn per acre Lamls
which produce $260 to $500 per acre
In .strawberries, ajsi the same In
various kinds si truck, are not very
cheap, but they are comparatively
low-priced. Landa which prodtn ??
Wealth In tobacco, peanuts, sweet po?
tatoes, Irish i .i md all kinds
fit agricultural products in rich
abundance, can now be bought at an
exceedingly low price when their grea
I productive capacity is considered.
How many 30-acre farms in Amer?
ica will sustain a family of nine peo?
ple and enable Its owner to put 91.
700 in the bank as a surplus? We
know a farmer who did that near
Wilmington, but he did not consider
that he had done anything great. He
let tenants farm IS acres and then se?
cured the ea*'*factory results mention?
ed. Oood labvr and Intelligent meth?
oda sre demonstrating every season
no cheap l tnda in east
rollna, but that th-y an
proportion to what can
from them season aflat
?euoou.
Lan?ls are low-priced In the South
because they are plentiful, hut thoae
who d? not buy before they are all
taken up wld find prices pretty stiff
In the nest few > ?ars. In the Sunny
South Colony at Chadbum there are
settlers whose crops paid for their
Isnda 'he first year, and that Is not
hard to explain when a farmer told
as yesterday he netted ti.oon aw two
acres In strawberries in one lucky
?easvn. It is not everybody thaf
makes a bale or two of cc'ton gag
acre. 117 bushe's si corn per a^?*e, or
from $330 to |500 an acre in berries
and truck, but farmers have proved
that it can be done and the right kind
are doing It every year.
When this country is Intelligently
and systematically advertised, we will
find an Influx of peopW here to pur?
chase our lands and make Ih n blos?
som like a rose. Klght nun Ired thous?
and Americana have gone to Canada
but they would h.i\ e come South hed
we let ibem know the opportunitn-s
gom* ?..-.ik' in the N uion's ?i ird.-n
Spot
Why rret?
American Mag.islne.
"Are the trains too slow for you?
Caesar. ?Ith all of his court, never
'exceeded lh? speed limit.
"Are your wages too small? In
KufVo? i.ir.- enter' with mak?
ing a Ihtng
"Art th? lights too di'?? l?a\id
wiot.- bin psalms t>y the liaht of a
amokv tor* u
"Are yo i u ,l> ? Cleopatra. though
h SJ sjg, gOWsV gad two emperors
"Are you cold ' Tin- s? Idlers of
VhIIcn Korge walked b.irefi ot on the
ke and mow.
"Are you hungry 1 Th? children
of India are starving fOfl wan* of a
crust of l r< ud
"Are you tired? Whs hTOt about it ?
Jacob vAas t.r.d when hs dfOSStad ol
the Hfl?. Is of lb i\en
?Ar. roi -\>U" Suppose >ou had
ll\*d I.aas y? lira ago, when sickness
wan r t ? ? i
?Ar. s?sj i.i 1 The Saviour oi
Men w as not w ? iililiv.
< h?. i as! ri ism I lad that von
live in the midst of ifih blesatgsjg,
Tb? tran-f'i ol Isis sharhTi aad
county ebrk's offices from the former
Isj the St 1 off! si look pi k ? Tasaday,
the goo ofSeeri i ? m? shown ihs mf
gsjd awH ot the aSstt dsiissl tlw day
by the old oiti . is and signing for the
o flee e<iuipm? nt.
ORIGINAL CLEMSON MAN.
DR. J. \V. DANIEL ftAVf HE is RE
gPONtlRLK FOR COLLEGE.
Mi. Clavssoni PfwpoMd to Establish
Mining School, Hut Amended [de*
to Make 1t Agricultural.
W tlfejraoro, Jan. v~ l am respon?
sible !<>r i'lt iiison college, und I am
proud of it," WM said by Dr. J.
D. lhinn l, presiding elder of the
Charleston district, at a meeting of
the board of stewards at the first
quarterly conference hold Sunday
night at Bethel Methodist church.
To a newspaper man present, this
was rather a startling statement. Son
? B. B. Tdlman has been receiv?
ing credit for the achievement in this
?fflh of the woods, and doubtless In
e\e v other "neck ' where the state?
ment of Dr. Daniel has been heard.
So the newspaper man present sat
up and took notice.
The discussion of the efforts being
made to raise funds for the purchase
of the new district parsonage in
Charleston caused the remark. Dr.
Daniel Is very much interested in this
I MM purchase by the Methodists
of the Charleston district, and was
asked by a member of the board to
tell those present about. This oc?
curred in one of those delightful In?
formal periods punctuating all of Dr.
Daniel's meetings with the stewards
of his district, when he becomes rem
mi-rent.
He said that when he was quite a
young man having just entered the
ministry he was sent to the old Pen
dletOII charge. At that time Thomas
Q. Clemson was an old and eccentric
'i n. a skeptic. He had never been
known to go to church, but ufter sev
eral visits by Dr. Daniel he came at
once to his church. Dr. Daniel said
there seemed to spring up a liking for
him by the old man, who was quite
a talker.
About this time a meeting of the
local agricultural fair association was
held and Oov. Perry was present as
a speaker. Attention was thus dlrect
I I to the subject of agricultural de?
velopment. 8hortly after this Col.
Simpson came to see Dr. Daniel, and
in conversation informed him that Mr.
Clemson was thinking of leaving his
possessions to found a mining college.
Col. Simpson being an alumnus of
Wofford college was anxious to get
this property for his alma mater. Dr.
Daniel said to Col. Simpson: "It
would be foolish for Mr. Clemson to
leave this money to found a college
i a mines as there is nothing to mine
In this State but I few fish boms
dOWg on the gongt? and if he wants to
found a college why doesn't he found
an agricultural college?" Col. Simp
sen. Dr. Daniel said, was very im
i, \ u ii h I he suggestion gnd
stated th it he was going right over
and suggest it to Mr. Clemson, which
he did. Mr. Clemson at once becom?
ing quite enthusiastic. "This," said
Dr Daniet. "was the birth Of Clem?
son college which has become such
a splendid school. Mr. Tlllman and
others may not like me to say this
but these are facts."
After the meeting adjourned, Dr.
Daniel was asked by the reporter If
he had any objection to the use of
his reu arks relative to the foundation
of Clemson college. "None what?
ever," was the reply. "They are
facts, so why should 1 mind?"
It requires no stretch of the Imag?
ination to believe that this was the
real birth of the OO?ege, to one who
knows Dr. Daniel. A close student
of |h? l ondltSOM and affairs, and with
an Intensely praeticaly ndnd. such a
suggestion was but a logical sequence.
A la,ok. whreh is now in the hands
of the publishers. written by him
shows how very practical he can be.
This book, "The Bottom Rail." will
sate a sensation, it is predicted,
when it comes from the press, and
perhaps will have as far reaching tif?
ts ,?s the suggestion to Mr. Clsmson
that hi leave h!-* money to found an
agrfeultural eolege.
M \\ RATE RVLE LAID DOWN.
? nntmlanlnn Deckles the Minimum
Wcfglit Point hi lugusta Cant*.
Washington, Jan 7 ? In the ease of
the RtYsfStde Mills of Augusta. <la..
against the Georgia Railroad and
other curriers, the Interstate com?
merce commission decided today that
carload minimum weights should be
established with reference lo the
loading capacity .a tin -ar it' car?
riers desire to protect themselves
from lindUly Ion charges per car.
the} should do so by regulating the
Tai.- Mini not by prescribing minimum
Weights, which can onl) he loaded in
ears of unusual ?Ige."
li was held further to be "Incum?
bent upon carriers lo furnish ears
that will ordinarily contain ih< min?
imum weigh! established, i?r to pub.
I ||sh a rub Hint s dl pro?. Ids foi
I charging ?nipper* on Ihnf basis, when
i anahle lo fui nlsb sin h cars."
Will some one klndl) Inform u
what has become of the split log
I drag ?
PURCHASE LANDS, SAVE RIVER.
Forest Reserve Commissioners Buj
15,000 Acres for Protect ion uf s;t
vaniiali.
Washington* Jan. s.?For the pro?
tection of the Savannah river the na?
tional forest reservation commission
today approved for purchase, under
the Weeks law, 45,000 acres of land
In Georgia and South Carolina along
the headwater tributaries of the river.
The Savannah is navigable for i.">u j
miles; but the government survey
mads a report stating that nowhere
In the southern Appalachian region
is the clanger of erosion greater '.ban
In the section where the lands for
purchase lie, and that the control of
the lan.is was ? important for the pro?
tection of the Bow of the river."
The commission expressed itself as
plSSSSd with the day's work because
the land selected had to be bought
from 8 7 owners. It lies in Rabun
county, Georgia, and < )eonee county,
South Carolina, on the south slope
Of the Blue Ridge. Permanent farm?
ing In the region, it was said, was
not possible because after being clear?
ed the lands eroded violently. Due
to the failure of agriculture in the
Section, the population there is less
than it was 20 years ago. Negotiations
will be carried on for the purchase
of other lands in the same section.
TO DROP TAX ON FOOD.
English Unionists Likely to Abandon
Import Duties.
London, Jan. ?.?Tariff reform, so
iar as it Involves the taxing of food,
is on the ? ve of dual disappearance as
a plank In the Unionist party polit y.
A representative meeting of Union?
ists was held In the house of commons
yesterday with Ihs object of sealing, if
possible, the dissension in the Union?
ist party created by the recent pro?
posal to impose taxes on food im?
ported into the British isles and re?
storing the unity of the party.
A memorial was drafted and ad?
dressed to Andrew lio tr Law, leader
of the imposition in the house of com?
mons, advocating the policy of aban?
doning the fond taxes at the next gen?
eral election and urging that if the
Unionists were returned to power they
should call ii conference of the col?
onies to decide how imperial prefer?
ence bouhl be established.
The memorial also set forth that If
the plan adopted by the colonies
should involve the taxing of food no
action Should be taken until the coun?
try had again been consulted by ref?
erendum or by a general election.
Subject to these conditions, the
memorial expressed unwavering loy?
alty to Bonar Law's leadership.
MAYS FROM REMBERT.
Cases of Hydrophobia in Co.iuiuinity
?Furniers Preparing lor New Year.
Rem be it, Jan. B.?Hydrophobia Is
abroad in our community. No cas
aaltlSS have been reported but SOV
e ai dogs have been bitten. Thege
Were promptly kilfed by their owners.
Rev, II. C. Bethen had a valuable
Scotch COllle that began to act
strangely and he had him killed, it
does not do to take any changes with
?tray dogs.
All the young people who came
home on vacation have gone. Some
of them found it difficult to leave
One young man?but 1 must not tell
tales OUl Of school. ?
Farmers are busy preparing for the
Xcw Y'ear, the voice of the "Gee-haw
iran" is telling the tale.
Mr. ??wen Sanders continues se?
i lously ill.
A few hales of cotton continue to
come in to the Dink Ins ginnery. Now
is a very good time to sell cotton.
Small grain Is looking well. Some
people are not through planting yet.
The congregation of Bethesda
Church are very well phased with
their new pastor.
Mr. D. O. McLeod. Sunday school
superintendent of Bethesda, has mov?
ed to Reinheit where he will inn a
?mlthery, l bespeak for him a liberal
patronage,.
The Woman ? Foreign Mission So?
ciety of Bethesda church met with
Mrs 11. ('. Bethea Saturday afternoon.
Th< attendance was fair.
"Hagood."
DISCUSS OLD DISPUTE
New Mc\lcn-'|V\nN Boundary Coiltro
viTsy Before Taft.
Wa ihlngton, Jan B. The long
standing boundary dispute between
Texas and New Mexico, Involving con?
siderable territory in the southeast?
ern corner of Texus along the Rio
Grand< river, was discussed before
President Taft toduj b) Secretary
Klsher, Sen ,r r Culbi rson and Repre?
ss ntutlvi I ?III 1? "ii and Smith of
Texas, Senator Catmn and Represen?
tative ? 'urry of New Mexli o. The
bound ii j i omii 1?sloiu 11 have been
unable to agree on h resurvey and
Pn ihh nt T'ft de< id. d t.. ask Judge
Bam li. Scott, the Texas commission?
er < nm< t< VYai hlngton
FARMERS' j
UNION NEWS
Practical Thoughts lor Practical
raiinrrs.
(Conducted by B. W. Habbs, Pres?
ident ?. C. Farmers Union.)
Some Random Thoughts.
Last week I was called to Wash?
ington by the National officials to aid
In presenting to the Committee on
Agriculture Of the House the need Of
establishing a division of markets In
the department of agriculture. Our
conference with the committee was a
very pleasant one, and W< left with
the assurance that such a measure as
we wish would be reported by the
committee. The senate has already
passed stich a bill. Whether .he
House and Senate will be able to
agree on the exact terms of the mea?
sure will depend on several things. I
thing they will, if the National Leg?
islation commltee of the Union keeps
in touch with both the Senate and
House members of the committee on
Agriculture.
* * *
Before leaving Congressman Bath
rock of <>hio sent for us to explain a
bill he is working on to make land
values a basis of credit. He is a
farmer in Florida by proxy and a short
Crop made it necessary for him to bor?
row money Whereupon he found
that farm values have no standing,
even in a city just 4 0 miles away. The
local banks having exhausted their
resources before he icached the
sc. ne. Jacksonville, 40 miles away,
would loan money on a city block,
but laughed at the idea of farm lands
having any value. He then '?com?
bined'' New York and other money
centers, and finally secured $8,000 on
a $23,000 Improved fram by paying a
high rate of interest than charged on
city property and by paying a bonus
to the go-between for his services in
securing the loan.
se e
His bill will send to Washington the
smartest lobbyists of the mone y inter?
ests in such numbers as to tax the
hotels. I wonder how many farmers
and land owner* will think it worth
while to make their Influence felt?
( ?ur committee could not indorse bis
scheme without time to study it. but
W'- asked for copies to be n ailed us
and to others who have given a great
deal of thought to this problem.
SOS
1 spent om- night at Warrentown,
Va.. with by friend, Julian C. Keith,
who breeds and trains horses for
hunters. The splendid one that 1
rode five years ago Is now in England,
and is one of the finest cross-country
horses in the United Kingdom. 1
was very much Interested in my
friends succi m as <i general farmer;
he has brought up Iiis wheat yield
from 12 to 30 bushels per acre. By
the use of lime he got three tors i
timothy hay from galled highlands
that had not for years made enough
to pay for cutting. H:s rat-proof
ba n had the biggest pile of shucked
Corn 1 ever saw. His yield of com
was On bushels last year. The only
commercial fertiliser used was Thom?
as phosphate With animal manure.
s a s
in addition to being a good farmer,
he is a horse judge of international
reputation, judging at Madison square
gardens, Toronto, Quelph, <>ntario,
and other horse show-.
* * *
(me of the pleasures of this visit
was to meet Hon. J. Brad. Beverly of
the neighboring farm, a plant breeder
of Inter-state reputation. When I
found he waa a son-in-law of Msj.
Benj. sioan. former President of the
South Carolina Univeralty, and that
Capt. Beverly has two nephews living
in Columbia, sud was State Lecturer
for Virginia of the Farmers' Alliance,
1 fell like 1 had known him before.
My visit was all too short, but the
work in Washington required my re?
turn Just before leaving for home
whom should I meet in the hotel but
two Sumter boys, Bert Beckham, now
of Atlanta, and Bruinard Wilson, now
of Washington. Both were looking
well, and In fine spirits and sent
many regards to the home people,
s a s
< if our delegation I only met Mr.
Lever and Congressman-elect Bags
dale, Neither of the Senators had re?
turned i hi all sides were heard ex?
pressions of sympathy for Senator
Smith In the sad death of his son. The
Partners' I'nion committee were pre?
sented lo President Taft, and spent a
few minutes m pleasant conversation.
Ii nur measure passes befor? the end
of Ins term he will -iun It, l am sure,
h, mis i onnccllon lei me ^.i\. wo farm?
ers mtisl not think ib it this measure,
or an> other, will work oul our salva?
tion without effort on our part. Every
governmental ugenc> that w< sue
reed in enlisting in our behalf means
thai we musi make use oi them or
the) will help I he man who does,
and do no good ami perhaps harm.
for the man who doen not use them.
Therefore the mor< need foi organiza
lion, and a working u-operatton that
will utilize to the full every progres?
sive step.
* * ?
There are several other matters
that might be touched upon, ' m time
and space forbid. I will n t attempt
a description of any <f the building's,
etc., for a vei sttlle writer whom we
all know loves to pok?- fun at the oc?
casional traveler who must needs de?
scribe his trip. ES. W. 1>.
SIX RETARY WILSON A TEACHER
Tama Jim Tells Class of 150 Count i
Agents How to Spread Gospel of
Tai in Demonstration.
Washington. Jan. 8.?Acting In tlSB
capacity of a school master, Secre?
tary Wilson of the department of ag?
riculture today gave a practical les?
son of farm dt monstratli n work to
a class of 150 county agents. It was
the first meeting of these agents who
are starting on the farm demonstration
work authorized by congress in the
Xortht rn States.
The secretary told the Students how
the farm demonstration work started
in the South under the late Dr. S. A.
Knapp, as a result of which farm pro?
duction in thai section had enormous?
ly increased. The same kind of work
is to be begun in Northern States and
the department has the task of train?
ing county agents in new work.
The agents will hold daily ses.-ions
here until January 21, and each day
they will listen to addresses by ex?
perts on farm problems
IlK.H SCHOOL TEACHERS MEET.
Conference Will be Hold in Columbia
Friday. January 17th. at 11 O'clock.
The conference of High School
teachers from all parts of the state
will convene in Columbia on Friday,
January 17th, at 11 o'clock. In addi?
tion to the public and private High
School teachers, most, it not all, the
colleges will be represented. A large
number of the High Schools have been
directed by the local boards to close
in order to give the teachers an op?
portunity to attend. This is strictly
a working conference in which live
High School questions are discussed
in an informal way. The meetings \
will be presided over by the State
High School Inspector.
The educational institutions of Co?
lumbia may be depended upon to
give a hearty roceptb n to the visiting
teachan. An eft r. will be made to
cause every visitor to fed at home.
MAY SENATOR FUOM ARKANSAS.
J. X. Heivkelb Little Rock Editor,
Succeeds JesTrtes Davis?.
Little Rock, Ark. Jar. 0.?Govern?
or Geo. W. Donaghey today appointed
Editor J. X. Heiskell, of the Arkansas
Gazette, of this city. United States Jen
ator to succeed the late Jeffries Da?
vis.
The appointment is for the short
term ending March 4.
John Netherland Heiskell is 4u years
of age and is a native Tennesseean.
Cor sj number of years he was engag?
ed in newspaper work in Knoxville
and Memphis and served in an edit?
orial capacity in the Chicago and
Louisville office of Associated Press
before coming to Little Rock as edit?
or of the Gasette, ? f which he is a
part owner.
Mr. Heiskell has never held a poli?
tical office, and today sa*d with the
election of a Senator it the coming
session of the Arkansas Legislature
he will return at once t? Little Rock
and reume his editorial work.
Kissing a Los! Art.
From the London Chronicle,
Kis.-iiip,, which has been sanction?
ed, under certain conditions In the
city of Wheeling, W. Ya.. is almost a
lost art in England. Its universal
prevalence in the 17th century was
the wonder of the foreigner. Nich?
olas de Bethlen, who visited this
country in 1663, relates that "my
brother and l behaved very rudely on
one occasion, being unaware that it
was customary in thai country to kiss
the corner of the mouth of ladies. ln
; stead of shaking hands as we do ii
Hungary. We were invited to dine at
: the house of a gentleman of high
' rank, and found his wife and three
daughters (one of them married)
read) to receive us. \Ye kissed the
tiirls, but not the married ladies, ami
thereby greatly offended the latter.
Duval apologised for our blunder and
told us when saluting we must always
, kiss the senior lady first and leave
! the girls to the last."
j The New Year should be started
; right, so why not us. the split log drag
. on Kumter's muddy streets? it
i wnuid help some.
iInppy Nev v. .it: if there are
'shadows and liotldS, IUa\ they give
way to th< sunshine that comes Into
'all livs 'After clouds and wine
and rain tht shining sun comet out
'gain ' w i; mington stai
\ m:\v lii'Kisi:.
KfCorl Being M?de to < spitaNse the
uiutcr Rubber Works m $in.ouo.
. !i effort is being made 10 Capital?
las the Bunter Rubber Works for
110, SOS to manufacture rubber and
rul b? r fabric art 1ctee, known as Sum
ter Rubber Works products. The
present Inten sted parttsa sre the
Con osercial Company? of Bumter,
som' pr? mtnent local business men of
go i standing, and the Samter liub
ber Works
iter Rabbet Works products all
reli U to, and arc produced from au?
tomobile tires and tubes, and con?
sist In parts of tire repair blowout
boots, reinforce mem shoes, complete
reliriers,, sieving wheel covers, and
a rubber paint, named and known as
S. Ii. W. Tirebrit*. In brief, these ar?
ticles and the nwaqs and methods of
th? ir production are the brain pro
! du * ' f the manager of the Sumter
I Ru Works, a eitu< n of Sumter..
j Th? methods being entirely original.
the ^?at worthy and exceptional fea
i tur? being the lonservation of a
waste, or by-produet of the rubber
tir?- ?us loess.
An exhibition of finished articles
now being shown at the Kubber Works
sto: ' , is worthy of every citizen's in
speCtion, who has the real advance- ^
ment of the city, as a manufacturing
center, at heart.
Kubber stamps and scales, rubber
fabric utilities and specialties, will be
manufactured later, and from the suc?
cess! ;l growth of this enterprise will ^
evolve a rubber goods manufactory. N
Tl re are none at present south of
the Mason and Dixon line, and for
those first in the field in this line,
there is a good reward coming. Your
inspection of the exhibits cannot fail
to u~ouse interest.
AN INTERESTING UJl*RKSS.
M ' s Mary Frayser of Winthrop Chief
Bpcakrr at Trustees Meeting.
IflSS Mary Frayser of Winthrop col?
lege, a young teacher traveling
through the State for the purpose of ?J
rr using interest in the teaching of
Industrial branches in the rural and
mUl district schools, was in the city
Wednesday and made the chief ad
d:''ss at the meeting of the Sumter
County Trustees Association.
The association met at noon in the 1
Court House for its regularly quarter?
ly session. A good attendance was
present and much interest was shown
by the trustees in Miss Frayser's sub
j et. Miss Frayser spoke on the advan?
tages of teaching children manual
training, agriculture, domestic science ^
t'r.d other branches of industrialism, {
?'specially in the rural and mill
Schools She made a very fine ad
<l'ess and held .the undivided, atten?
tion of her audience from start to
I'nish. She showed herself an inter?
esting speaker and her hearers could
fee! her enthusiasm in her work and ?
te some extent she made her enthus?
iasm contageous, for her address
started a new train of thought in the
Ji'lnds of many of the trustees which
j may in the future bear much good
: fruit for Sumter County. -
Following Miss Frayser's address '
i Mr. E. W, Dabbs made a few remarks,
thanking Miss Frayser for true message
J a hich she bi ought. He agreed with
1 her in what she had said and urged
I upon the trustees to adopt the advice
given by Miss Frayser. Mr. H. W.
Beall also made a short talk. I
Edward Mack and Janie Potts,.
Frogdon. were issued a marriage nV
i rise Wednesday.
Hesides being in the exprt SS+blgd
aeea, it should not be forgotten that
Uncle Sam is also in the han&ng
* usiness. He uses the poetoAee de?
partment for the purpose of conduct?
ing postal savings banks and ft?r the
express of parcels of mi rthanfllsa and
? ommodities. The postal banks were
opened for business in 1VM2 and now
12,773 post offices sre doing a banking
business. They have ltO,6gS) deposi?
tors and the deposits foot up $2S,
?'oo.ooo. an average of nearly $100?
for each depositor.
: Tho cold wave hit Sumter WeehSSS?
I day night and Thursday overcoats
i weTe as necessary to people out oa the
streets as tin y were unnecessary Wed
i nesday and the das before.
The Western Union Telegraph
ompany office is being1 thoroughly
overhauled, inside and out, and is
looking verj BSUeh better simv the
Improvement! have been made.
? i DR RALE?Be> oral I
j one billy and one. two or more
I nannies, due to bring kids shortly,
i l have bean told thai the resassj
m\ hogs have been frei from chol?
era is that th<\ run with the goein
l do noi vouch for this, only tell
it as told to no But it may be
worth trying. E, W. Dabbs, Hayes
Ville S ?'
I oi; s \l I ? W It res tanl
ton m ? ?' ft m 1911 ? rop, prk e 11
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